Darius the Great and the Organisation of the Achaemenid Empire, 550–486 BCE | Calm Bedtime History
In September 522 BCE, on a high cliff at Behistun in western Iran, Darius and six Persian nobles killed a man who claimed to be Bardiya, son of Cyrus. Within months, rebellions had spread from Babylonia to Margiana, and the new king began the long work of making his disputed crown obeyed across the largest empire of his age.
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